The Indonesian Minister of Communications and Information said last week that the installation of fibre-optic network under the Palapa Ring Project is expected to be completed by 2019. Currently 400 out of 514 regencies have been connected with the network enabling high-speed Internet access and the remaining 114 will be completed by the deadline.

The Palapa Ring Project, one of the national strategic projects stipulated in Presidential Decree No. 3 of 2016, aims to develop a nationwide f